NCT05349123

A Home-based Intervention to Promote Mindful Breathing Awareness Through Pursed-lip Breathing Training for COPD Patients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 99 (actual)
• Sponsor: Minnesota HealthSolutions · Industry
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The Mindful Breathing Laboratory under the direction of Dr. Benzo will complete a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the mindful breathing module. This rigorous study will evaluate home-based PR system compared to the home-based PR system plus mindful breathing module for its effects on breathlessness and emotions. The investigators hypothesize that the intervention will decrease breathlessness while increasing emotional perception, emotional intelligence, and mindfulness.

Detailed description

A total of 50 adults diagnosed with COPD will be enrolled in this study. Half of the subjects will be randomized to receive home-based pulmonary rehabilitation with the mindful breathing module (intervention group) and half will receive home-based pulmonary rehabilitation (control group). Each subject will be consented and trained and then participate in either the intervention or control group. Both groups entail one week of baseline and twelve weeks of home-based pulmonary rehabilitation (health coaching plus activity monitoring). The intervention group will also receive the mindful breathing module during the twelve weeks of home-based pulmonary rehabilitation. The Chronic Respiratory Disease Questionnaire (CRQ) will be administered at baseline, week 12 (after the intervention) and week 24 as the investigators will follow the patients for 3 months after the intervention to document the sustainability of the effects (behavior change).

Conditions

• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Mindful Breathing	Subject will be expected to do 12 weeks of home-based rehabilitation, 6 days a week in their home. The proposed project explores the addition of a mindful breathing module, which involves daily guided breathing practice with feedback to encourage mindful breathing.
BEHAVIORAL	Home-Based Pulmonary Rehabilitation	Subject will be asked to complete exercise guided by a video six days a week and to complete mindful walking six days per week. They will receive weekly health coaching calls.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-01-10
• Primary completion: 2024-05-07
• Completion: 2024-05-07
• First posted: 2022-04-27
• Last updated: 2025-06-06
• Results posted: 2025-06-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States